Where does “beruselse” come from?

beruselse (Danish) comes from Danish beruse, from Danish be-, from Middle Low German be-, from Old Saxon bi-, from Old Saxon bī, from Old English bī-, from Old English bī, from Proto-West Germanic bī — on, onto.

beruselse (Danish): intoxication, inebriation with alcohol, drugs etc

Definitions

  1. intoxication, inebriation with alcohol, drugs etc

Ancestry of “beruselse”, step by step

beruselse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish beruse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishberuseto intoxicate, inebriate (usually with/of a substance, e.g. alcohol or drugs)
2Danishbe-Forms adjectives from nouns, with the sense...
3Middle Low Germanbe-Makes an intransitive verb transitive or denotes...
4Old Saxonbi-A productive prefix usually used to form verbs...
5Old Saxonby, near, around
6Old Englishbī-by, near, around; by-
7Old Englishlullaby!; near, by; by, near, around
8Proto-West Germanicby, at; near, around
9Proto-Germanicbiby, at; near, around
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts
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